The Wicklow county hurling team represents Wicklow in hurling and is governed by Wicklow GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Christy Ring Cup and the National Hurling League.
Wicklow's home ground is Echelon Park, Aughrim. The team's manager is Jonathan O'Neill.
The team has never won the Leinster Senior Championship, the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League.
History Wicklow won the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship in 1967 and 1971.
Wicklow won the Kehoe Cup on seven occasions: in 1989, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Panel
INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team. RET Player has since retired from the county team. WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.
Management team Appointed January 2024: Manager: Jonathan O'Neill
Managerial history
Efforts to find a manager to replace Michael Neary led the Wicklow County Board to advertise the position in the national media in early 2005.
Michael Neary Dublin 2000–2004
Willie Carley Wexford 2005–2006
Michael Nearyi Dublin 2006
Brendan Cuddihy 2006
John Mitchell 2006–2008
Michael Phelan 2009
Casey O'Brien 2009–2015
Martin Storey Wexford 2015–2016
Séamus Murphy Wexford 2016–2018
Éamonn Scallan Wexford 2018–2022
Casey O'Brien Wicklow 2022–2024
Jonathan O'Neill Wicklow 2024–
Players
Notable players
Awards Champion 15:
Wicklow has 24, as of 2025. 16 different players have won, as of 2025. 2005: Joe Murphy 2007: Don Hyland 2008: Jonathan O'Neill 2009: Jeffrey Bermingham 2010: Andy O'Brien, Jonathan O'Neill2nd 2011: Andy O'Brien2nd 2012: Eamonn Kearns, Jonathan O'Neill3rd, Ronan Keddy 2013: Liam Kennedy 2014: Stephen Kelly 2015: B Cuddihy 2016: Luke Maloney 2017: Eamonn Kearns2nd, Andy O'Brien3rd 2018: John Henderson, Warren Kavanagh 2019: John Henderson2nd 2020: Christy Moorehouse 2023: Andrew Kavanagh, Christy Moorehouse2nd, Andy O'Brien4th 2025: Pádraig Doyle
Crest and colours Wicklow's traditional team colours are royal blue and gold. The kits are usually blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks with a gold trim. Wicklow's alternative jersey is white with blue shorts and blue socks.
The Wicklow crest features the roundtower of Glendalough in the foreground surrounded by a large 'W' standing for the name of the county. In the background of the crest is a green mountain, representing the Wicklow Mountains and below is a hand holding a Gaelic football and a hurley and sliotar.
Team sponsorship W H Scott Lifting became Wicklow's Hurling shirt sponsor ahead of the 2017 season.
Manufacturer Shirt sponsor Years Sponsor O'Neills1999–2003Wicklow GoI2004–2005White Young Green2006–2009Ballymore Group2010–2013Brennan Hotels2014–2016Arklow Bay Hotel2016– 2018W H Scott Lifting2019– YUASA
Honours
National All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship Winners (1): 2003 Runners-up (2): 1995, 2002 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Runners-up (1): 1971 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship Winners (2): 1967, 1971
Christy Ring Cup Runners-up (2): 2011, 2012 Nicky Rackard Cup Winners (3): 2023
National Hurling League Division 2B Winners (2): 2014, 2019 National Hurling League Division 3 Winners (1):2026 National Hurling League Division 3A Winners (1): 2011 National Hurling League Division 3B Winners (1): 2010 All-Ireland Under 21 B Hurling Championship Winners (1): 2015
Provincial Kehoe Cup Winners (7): 1989, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Kehoe Shield Winners (1): 2022 Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (1): 1971 Leinster Junior Hurling Championship Winners (5): 1954, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971
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